Scuttle Fly: S2, Dorsal, ~2mm

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Scuttle Fly (Phoridae)

Species:

Scuttle Fly (Megaselia sp)

This Photo:

S2, Dorsal, ~2mm

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
A very small fly. At first it was hard to determine if it was even Diptera, with the hairy face hiding the usual small antennae of flies.
We suspect there are 3 different species here as they are different sizes & colours, but all with the striped body and pronounced hairy face.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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